Motorcyclist seriously injured in car collision

Updated 8:47 pm, Friday, August 16, 2013

Galway

A 61-year-old Galway woman was airlifted to Albany Medical Center Hospital with serious injuries Thursday afternoon after being thrown from her motorcycle on Route 29, the Saratoga County Sheriff's Office said.

Christine A. McCormack was riding a 2013 Harley Davidson motorcycle just before 4:30 p.m. when she pulled out of the Stewart's Shop parking lot and into the path of a 2004 Ford driven by Thomas Campanile, 70, of Shore Drive in Broadalbin, the sheriff's office said.

The resulting collision threw McCormack from the motorcycle, but Campanile was not injured, the sheriff's office said.

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McCormack was flown from by Life Net helicopter with what deputies described as serious injuries. Her condition was not immediately known Friday morning.

The sheriff's office said McCormack was ticketed for failing to yield the right of way to the car.